Front driver's side and passenger's side seat belt buckles won't stay locked in, and everytime consumer snapped the buckles in, they will pop open.
1990 Mercury Sable: seat belt won't latch or retract
5 of the 165 complaints about the 1990 Mercury Sable describe seat belt won't latch or retract.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
Seat belt won't latch or retract by model year
What owners say
I have owned a 1989 ford taurus which had the same seat belt failure and a recall was issued for the seat belt assembly that failed. I was told by a ford representative that the mercury uses the same part as the ford but no recall is planned. The seat belt releases without warning while the car is in motion and would not restrain a passenger in the event of a collision. This occurs on both the driver and passenger side seat belt assenblys. I have noted when riding in other sables of the same age that they also have this defect.. The recall that was done on my taurus fixed the problem. This defect is of particular concern to me as it affects the primary restraint system and many owners will never realize that the system will not restrain them in a collision as sometimes the belt remains plugged into the clasp, but is not secured and can be pulled out by the slightest pressure
Seat belt latches broke.
Passenger front seat belt latch failure.
Airbag did not deploy during frontend collision. Shoulder/harness seat belt failed to retract. Please describe details. Tt
Related recalls
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- What is wrong
- The rigid mounted safety belt buckles are defective in three ways. First, a fastened safety belt buckle will not unlatch when the release button is depressed. This results from interference between the buckle ejector finger and the buckle tongue window. The second defect is the safety belt buckle may not latch. The third possible defect is that the tongue may be retained by the buckle, but it may not be latched sufficiently to provide occupant protection.
- Risk
- An insufficiently latched or unlatched safety beltincreases the risk of injury to seat occupants in the event of a sudden stop oraccident. If the safety belt buckle will not unlatch, it will not allow theoccupant to get out of the vehicle in an emergency situation.
- Remedy
- Ford will replace the rigid mounted safety belt buckles with end release safety belt buckles designed to prevent latch problems.
Recall number 92V113000 · Recall details
Questions about the 1990 Mercury Sable seat belt
Is seat belt won't latch or retract a common problem on the 1990 Mercury Sable?
5 of 165 owner complaints about the 1990 Mercury Sable (3%) mention seat belt won't latch or retract. The model year with the most reports is 2001.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1990 Mercury Sable?
There is 1 recall and 0 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1990 Mercury Sable
Ball joint 12Fire or smoke 9Stalling 7Airbag light 5No deployment 5Transmission failure 5
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